TOM ABRAMS -      SCREENWRITING

Tom Abrams

Sold screenplays and treatments:

2011        THE HIDDEN POWER, Dutch historical novel , feature adaptation, Ecco Films

                Indonesia, Jakarta.  Producer: Judirth Hees. Director: Orlow Seunke.

               MURTI & PIET, feature drama, polish, Ecco Films

               Indonesia, Jakarta.  Writer/Director: Orlow Seunke.



2010        LE GRAND CAHIER, WW II drama, Intuit Films, Berlin.  Polish/Dramaturg.

               Producer: Sándor Soeth, Pál Sándor.  Director: János Szász.

2009        SMOKING ACES : ASSASSIN'S BALL, action thriller, Universal Pictures, Los Angeles.  

               Re-write.  Producer: Joe Carnahan, Mike Elliot, Patti Jackson.  Director: PJ Pesce.

2007        UNIVERSAL SOLDIER:THE NEXT GENERATION, sci-fi action, Screen Gems/Sony                            Pictures, Los Angeles. 

               Co-written with PJ Pesce. Producer: Craig Baumgarten.

2004        A MOUTHFUL OF ANTS, mystery thriller, Grupo Cartel, Madrid. 

               Producer: Eduardo Compoy.  Co-written with director Mariano Barrosso

               and Alejandro Hernandez. 

     Winner of  Jury  Prize, Malaga Film Festival.

                WILD RIDERS, feature western, Nine Yards Entertainment, Los Angeles.

                Co-written with Dennis Bartok for producer/actor, Paul Walker.

2001        THE CAPTAIN'S WIFE, original screenplay, action-adventure, Fox 2000 Films, Los                        Angeles. 

               Co-written with Dennis Bartok. Producers: Elizabeth Gabler, Carla Hacken.

 

2000        THE AMERICAN PRINCESS, original screenplay, historical-adventure, New Line                            Cinema, Los Angeles.

               Co-written with Dennis Bartok.  Producer: TeamTodd (Suzanne & Jennifer Todd).

                GROOVY DAYS, hippie comedy, screenplay based on Danish short film directed by                         Peter Bay, M & M Productions, Copenhagen. 

                Producer: Kim Magnussen.  Co-written with Peter Bay.

1999        HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL, original screenplay based on award-winning western TV                        series, Warner Bros./Bel Air Entertainment, Los Angeles.

               Co-written with PJ Pesce.  Producer: Steve Reuther.

                MARY & ELIZABETH, original treatment for drama about Elizabeth Keckley, black                         dressmaker to Mary Lincoln.   Craig Andersen Productions, Los Angeles.  

                THE DOLPHIN DIDACTIC, original comedy treatment, Filmpoole Productions,                                 Cologne.  Producer: Sytze Vanderlaan.

1998         CAVE, horror/science-fiction screenplay, re-write, Working Title Films, London.                             Co-written with PJ Pesce. Producer: Eric Felner, Liza Chasin.

                OVER THE EDGE, original screenplay, comedy, Malinka Productions,                                             Hamburg/Berlin.  Co-written with Armin Mueller-Stahl.

                THE ODDFATHER, original comedy treatment, Schaller Productions, New York.                             Executive Producer: Howard Schaller.

1997         THE BATTLE OF ONO, western screenplay, re-write, Sanford/Pillsbury Productions,                         Los Angeles. Co-written with PJ Pesce. Executive Producer: John Woo, Terence                             Cheng.

                EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, original screenplay, comedy, Colomo Productions,                                 Madrid.  Co-written with James Nathan. Producer: Beatriz Gandara, Fernando                             Colomo.

                CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BEAST, original screenplay, black comedy, Steiner                             GMBH, Berlin.  "Special Camera Award" Berlin Film Festival.  Co-written with Armin                     Mueller-Stahl.  Starring Armin Mueller-Stahl, Bob Balaban.  Director: Armin                                 Mueller-Stahl. Producer: Rudolph Steiner, Gert Golde.

1996         METAL MACHINE, science fiction screenplay, re-write, Universal Pictures/Alphaville.                     Co-written with PJ Pesce. Producer: Jim Jacks, Terence Cheng.

1995        THE DESPERATE TRAIL, western, original screenplay, MPCA & TNT, Los Angeles.                            Starring Sam Elliot, Bradley Whitford,  Linda Fiorentino, Craig Schaeffer.                                    Premiered TNT.  Co-written with PJ Pesce.  Producer: Chad Oman.

1994        SURVIVAL, action drama, original screenplay, MPCA, Los Angeles. Co-written with                        James Nathan.  Producer: Chad Oman.

1993         GAMEBOY CHARLIE, action comedy, original screenplay, co-written with Anthony                         Alosi, MPCA, Los Angeles.  Producer: Chad Oman.

1992        SCISSORS,PAPER, ROCK, thriller, original screenplay, Trimark Pictures, Los                                Angeles.  Co-written with PJ Pesce. Producer:  Andrew Hirsch.

               "RUGRATS", animated TV series, Staff writer, Klasky-Csupo/Nickelodeon, Los                                Angeles.  Emmy Award.  Producer:  Arlene Klazky, Gabor Csupo, Paul Germaine.

1991        THE GREEN GODDESS, original treatment for film musical about lives of Rimbaud &                      Verlaine, IASTA Productions, New York.  Producer: John Mitchell.

Tom Abrams is a Los Angeles-based screenwriter and a member of the Writer's Guild of America (WGA).

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